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Robert Repino

Robert Repino is an editor of religious studies and history for a scholarly publisher, and his essays have appeared in Slate, The Revealer, Flux, Sojourners, Reactor, and the OUPBlog. He is also the author of several works of fiction, including Mort(e) (Soho Press) and Spark and the League of Ursus (Quirk Books).

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Religion Dispatches

With So Many Christians Again Supporting Trump, Pundits and Fellow Christians Refuse to Entertain the Simplest Explanation

Editor’s note: The following commentary doesn’t necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. RD is committed to publishing a variety of perspectives. If the polls are right, then the majority of…
Robert Repino
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Religion Dispatches

New Research Suggests That Belief in Demons May Help Explain Christian Support of Trump

In a strange way, I envy the people who were raised as evangelical Christians in the 1980s and 1990s, because many of them got to experience This Present Darkness in a way I never could. For the…
Robert Repino
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Religion Dispatches

Lost and Found: Despite the Hope, Morality, and Meaning Inspired by Deconversion, Why is Respect Only For Those Who Find God?

It’s a story that can inspire even the most cynical among us. A person endures some difficult trial, such as an illness, injury, or other calamity. At their lowest point, they call to the divine. And…
Robert Repino
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